PURPOSE
Brachytherapy has disseminated into clinical practice as an alternative to whole-breast irradiation (WBI) for early-stage breast cancer; however, current national treatment patterns and… (More)

PURPOSE
Little is known about the relationship between the financial burden of cancer and the physical and emotional health of cancer survivors. We examined the association between financial problems… (More)

BACKGROUND
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to increase the rate of breast conservation in clinical trials and small institutional series, but it has never been studied on a national level.
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BACKGROUND
Little is known about the cost to Medicare of breast cancer screening or whether regional-level screening expenditures are associated with cancer stage at diagnosis or treatment costs,… (More)

Background. Prior studies have shown earlier recurrence and decreased survival in patients with head and neck cancer who smoked while undergoing radiation therapy. The purpose of the current study… (More)

BACKGROUND
We sought to determine factors predicting microinvasion and the prognostic role it plays in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
METHODS
A retrospective cohort study of 205… (More)

PURPOSE
To explore racial differences in the use and outcome of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer.
METHODS
The National Cancer Data Base was queried to identify women with stage 1 to 3… (More)